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Girls at Maurice Bowling Middles School will have another option when it comes to sports this year. The school will have a volleyball team this fall.
The team will be coached by Ann Carter with Connie Shelton as the assistant coach. The team will have its first practice on July 22 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at MBMS.
All girls are encouraged to come out and participate.
Owen County High School Volleyball Coach T.J. Wesselman is excited about having a team where girls can play and learn the game at the middle-school level.

A tractor-trailer overturned at approximately 3:35 p.m. Friday afternoon, in front of Cowboys Market on Main Street. Police and emergency crews are on the scene. Police are investigating the cause of the accident and no injuries have been reported. The tractor-trailer also damaged a car parked along Main Street.
See the July 10 edition of the News-Herald for more details.

Tomorrow may be Independence Day, but for at least one Owen countian, every day is the Fourth of July.

Local dentist Dr. Joy Arnold-Morse grew up around the red, white and blue and from the scrubs she wears to the year-round decorations in her home and office, Arnold-Morse said it’s a tradition she hopes will never die.

“Mom was the American flag person,” Arnold-Morse said. “She had them everywhere.”

Despite some less than perfect weather, another successful Owen County Fan Fair has rolled by.

The third-annual event kicked off June 26 with vendors for both shopping and dining. A family fun evening was also scheduled for the day, but was nixed do to heavy rains.

“We gave the vendors an option to stay open or pack it in for the day,” Owen County Visioneer David Morgan said. “They appreciated us doing that, but having to cancel family fun evening hurt our attendance for the year.”

The 2013 Northern Central Kentucky Baseball Association tournament began June 22 with the Owen County Maroon Team beating the Carroll County Pirates 6-0 and Gallatin County Red Legs 9-1. The championship game was held June 25 against the Gallatin County Red Legs, the Owen County Maroon Team won 13-9 to become the 2013 NCKBA Minor 60’ Tournament Champions.